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View this email in your browser Newsletter #3 | April 15, 2020 About Us | Resources | Events | Contact Black Maternal Health Week Postponed While Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) was postponed due to COVID-19, we hope to celebrate it belatedly in the fall with several events. In the meantime, two webinars are happening this month and we encourage you to join! Hosted by Black Women Birthing Justice on 4/15: Strategies for Advocating for Birth Justice | A panel and com- mmunity forum about how to advocate for equity in birth 5:30- 8:00pm, online | RSVP: http://bit.ly/AFBJ2020 Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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Page 1: Black Maternal Health Week Postponed · ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on Nurse Engagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, Alicia Swartz PhD, PNP,

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Newsletter 3 | April 15 2020 About Us | Resources | Events | Contact

Black Maternal Health Week Postponed

While Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) was postponed due to COVID-19 we hope tocelebrate it belatedly in the fall with several events In the meantime two webinars are

happening this month and we encourage you to join

Hosted by Black Women Birthing Justice on 415 Strategies for Advocating for BirthJustice | A panel and com- mmunity forum about how to advocate for equity in birth 530-

800pm online | RSVP httpbitlyAFBJ2020

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

Hosted by California Breastfeeding Coalition on 417 Celebrating Black Mamas PerinatalMental Health and Breast- feeding | A webinar dialogue to celebrate BMHW and raise

awareness of community-led efforts to improve Black Maternal Health in CA1100AM online | RSVP httpsbitly2QcJFsE

Additionally Black Mammas Matter Alliance is hosting a slate of exciting webinars forBMHW check them out and register here

Postpartum Support During Shelter-in-Place

ACTIONS T L h N S d N

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ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on NurseEngagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Monica R McLemore PhD MPH RN Alicia Swartz PhD PNP Helen Arega MPA and OlgaSmith BSN are leading a study that asks the research question how do nurses engage withpeople who visit crisis pregnancy centers This question will be answered if we achieve ourspecific aims which are to explore Registered Nurse (RN) experiences of working with peopleseeking care at CPCs to describe the role of nurses who volunteer or work for pay at CPCs andto examine how nurses engage with people seeking crisis pregnancy center services

The currently proposed study builds on prior work to more deeply understand the factors thatinfluence if when where and how nurses enable or restrict abortion care and how theycharacterize and conceptualize ethically challenging work

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

National Pregnancy COVID-19 Registrynow OPEN for enrollment

UCSF Researchers have opened PRIORITY (Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTRY) anationwide registry for pregnant and postpartum women with suspected COVID-19 orconfirmed diagnosis httpspriorityucsfedu The aim of PRIORITY is to collect high yield datato answer urgent questions that inform care and counseling of pregnant women and theirnewborns

They are enrolling patients from any hospital across the country Please consider referringpatients and passing this information along to your colleagues and networks

TO REFER A PATIENT (SuspectedUnder Investigation OR Confirmed Case any languagespoken) You do not need IRB or Research Ethics Board approval at your site because noresearch activities will occur there Please ask the patient if she is willing to have her contactinformation shared with us If yes you can click here to Refer a Patient or calltext 415-754-3729 or email at PRIORITYCOVID19ucsfedu The patient can also contact us herself ForPatients Enroll in PRIORITY We will then reach out directly to her to consent enroll and begindata collection Here are more details about the study procedures Information for Providers Ifyou are willing please circulate to your colleagues

Resources for Pregnant People and COVID-19

Voices for Birth Justice Working List of Resources for Pregnant People and Their FamiliesIncludes resources for birth workers doulas on housing food access racial equity and more

Pregnancy and COVID FAQs Answered by Medical Experts(reviewed by Society for Fetal Medicine 30 March 2020)

Webinar Black Maternal Health and the US COVID-19 ResponseApril 13th 330 ET Black Mammas Matter Alliance

Additional UpdatesUpdates by CDCUpdates by WHONational Perinatal Association ResourcesA Message for Patients from American College of OBGYNs

Introducing ACTIONrsquos New Pre-Docs

Brenda Lopez RN MS PNPBrenda Lopez (sheherhers) is native to the San Francisco Bay Area and is a proud andpassionate first generation Latinx woman Brenda is the first in her family to have the opportunityto pursue higher education graduating in 2018 from University of California San Francisco

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

School of Nursing Master of Science program with a focus inPediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care (PNP-PC) Whilepursuing her Masterrsquos at UCSF Brenda worked as a graduateresearch student on the Saving Our Ladies And ReducingStress (SOLARS) Oakland a UCSF study with the CaliforniaPreterm Birth Initiative This study ignited her passion forresearch and solidified her desire to return to UCSF as anursing scientist to design evidence-based solutionsAdvanced research skills will strengthen her commitment tocontinuously create access to care and advocate forreproductive health and justice for all With Brendarsquos clinicalbackground in pediatric primary care and adolescent school-based health she currently practices as a Pediatric NursePractitioner at a Federally Qualified Health Center in SanLeandro serving diverse and vulnerable communities in herhometown Brenda is thrilled to come back to UCSF in Fall

2020 for the SONrsquos PhD in Nursing program and ACTIONS fellowship With her studies Brendacontinues to advocate for patients by contributing to research that will help optimize policy andmaximize health outcomes in a way that enacts transformational change that encompasses andfocuses on reproductive justice During her free time Brenda loves playing with her energetic 6-year-old son spending time with family and friends enjoying a not-rushed cup of coffeetraveling and Orange Theory Fitness classes

Bethany Golden RN MS CNMBethany Golden is a Registered Nurse and a Certified NurseMidwife with deep clinical experience and knowledge ofcomprehensive reproductive and maternal health familyplanning and abortion As a clinician consultant lecturer andas part of research teams she has worked in clinics hospitalsuniversities and villages in New York City SF Bay AreaChicago Fiji and Nicaragua She consults in non-profitreproductive healthcare and tech companies aroundoperations strategy and partnership formation For the lastthree months on behalf ANSIRHBixby Center sheinterviewed front-line abortion providers about their capacityand readiness for clinical expansion in protected accessstates as neighboring states further restrict abortion servicesand in anticipation the protections under Roe v Wade may beweakened In 2002 she co-founded and continues to

operate ICASJuntos Adelante a not-for-profit that focuses on health and human rights inNicaragua She was awarded the Martin Luther King award and 90 nurses in 90 years by theYale School of Nursing Most importantly she officiated 7 weddings loves the great outdoorswith family and friends and enjoys dancing

What Were Reading

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

The latest in reproductive justice papers news and opinion pieces

First Do No Harm Why Philanthropy Needs to Re-Examine its Role in ReproductiveEquity and Racial JusticeAn Equal-Opportunity Virus in a Nation of InequityAbortion Pill Restrictions Wont Be Lifted During Pandemic FDA SaysPreterm Birth Initiative Research Continues During COVID-19

Follow us on Instagram Twitter amp Facebook

If you have questions or comments for ACTIONS or want to be added to the list for futurenewsletters please email Laura at laurasanchezucsfedu

Copyright copy 2020 The ACTIONS Program All rights reserved

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

Page 2: Black Maternal Health Week Postponed · ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on Nurse Engagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, Alicia Swartz PhD, PNP,

Hosted by California Breastfeeding Coalition on 417 Celebrating Black Mamas PerinatalMental Health and Breast- feeding | A webinar dialogue to celebrate BMHW and raise

awareness of community-led efforts to improve Black Maternal Health in CA1100AM online | RSVP httpsbitly2QcJFsE

Additionally Black Mammas Matter Alliance is hosting a slate of exciting webinars forBMHW check them out and register here

Postpartum Support During Shelter-in-Place

ACTIONS T L h N S d N

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on NurseEngagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Monica R McLemore PhD MPH RN Alicia Swartz PhD PNP Helen Arega MPA and OlgaSmith BSN are leading a study that asks the research question how do nurses engage withpeople who visit crisis pregnancy centers This question will be answered if we achieve ourspecific aims which are to explore Registered Nurse (RN) experiences of working with peopleseeking care at CPCs to describe the role of nurses who volunteer or work for pay at CPCs andto examine how nurses engage with people seeking crisis pregnancy center services

The currently proposed study builds on prior work to more deeply understand the factors thatinfluence if when where and how nurses enable or restrict abortion care and how theycharacterize and conceptualize ethically challenging work

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

National Pregnancy COVID-19 Registrynow OPEN for enrollment

UCSF Researchers have opened PRIORITY (Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTRY) anationwide registry for pregnant and postpartum women with suspected COVID-19 orconfirmed diagnosis httpspriorityucsfedu The aim of PRIORITY is to collect high yield datato answer urgent questions that inform care and counseling of pregnant women and theirnewborns

They are enrolling patients from any hospital across the country Please consider referringpatients and passing this information along to your colleagues and networks

TO REFER A PATIENT (SuspectedUnder Investigation OR Confirmed Case any languagespoken) You do not need IRB or Research Ethics Board approval at your site because noresearch activities will occur there Please ask the patient if she is willing to have her contactinformation shared with us If yes you can click here to Refer a Patient or calltext 415-754-3729 or email at PRIORITYCOVID19ucsfedu The patient can also contact us herself ForPatients Enroll in PRIORITY We will then reach out directly to her to consent enroll and begindata collection Here are more details about the study procedures Information for Providers Ifyou are willing please circulate to your colleagues

Resources for Pregnant People and COVID-19

Voices for Birth Justice Working List of Resources for Pregnant People and Their FamiliesIncludes resources for birth workers doulas on housing food access racial equity and more

Pregnancy and COVID FAQs Answered by Medical Experts(reviewed by Society for Fetal Medicine 30 March 2020)

Webinar Black Maternal Health and the US COVID-19 ResponseApril 13th 330 ET Black Mammas Matter Alliance

Additional UpdatesUpdates by CDCUpdates by WHONational Perinatal Association ResourcesA Message for Patients from American College of OBGYNs

Introducing ACTIONrsquos New Pre-Docs

Brenda Lopez RN MS PNPBrenda Lopez (sheherhers) is native to the San Francisco Bay Area and is a proud andpassionate first generation Latinx woman Brenda is the first in her family to have the opportunityto pursue higher education graduating in 2018 from University of California San Francisco

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

School of Nursing Master of Science program with a focus inPediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care (PNP-PC) Whilepursuing her Masterrsquos at UCSF Brenda worked as a graduateresearch student on the Saving Our Ladies And ReducingStress (SOLARS) Oakland a UCSF study with the CaliforniaPreterm Birth Initiative This study ignited her passion forresearch and solidified her desire to return to UCSF as anursing scientist to design evidence-based solutionsAdvanced research skills will strengthen her commitment tocontinuously create access to care and advocate forreproductive health and justice for all With Brendarsquos clinicalbackground in pediatric primary care and adolescent school-based health she currently practices as a Pediatric NursePractitioner at a Federally Qualified Health Center in SanLeandro serving diverse and vulnerable communities in herhometown Brenda is thrilled to come back to UCSF in Fall

2020 for the SONrsquos PhD in Nursing program and ACTIONS fellowship With her studies Brendacontinues to advocate for patients by contributing to research that will help optimize policy andmaximize health outcomes in a way that enacts transformational change that encompasses andfocuses on reproductive justice During her free time Brenda loves playing with her energetic 6-year-old son spending time with family and friends enjoying a not-rushed cup of coffeetraveling and Orange Theory Fitness classes

Bethany Golden RN MS CNMBethany Golden is a Registered Nurse and a Certified NurseMidwife with deep clinical experience and knowledge ofcomprehensive reproductive and maternal health familyplanning and abortion As a clinician consultant lecturer andas part of research teams she has worked in clinics hospitalsuniversities and villages in New York City SF Bay AreaChicago Fiji and Nicaragua She consults in non-profitreproductive healthcare and tech companies aroundoperations strategy and partnership formation For the lastthree months on behalf ANSIRHBixby Center sheinterviewed front-line abortion providers about their capacityand readiness for clinical expansion in protected accessstates as neighboring states further restrict abortion servicesand in anticipation the protections under Roe v Wade may beweakened In 2002 she co-founded and continues to

operate ICASJuntos Adelante a not-for-profit that focuses on health and human rights inNicaragua She was awarded the Martin Luther King award and 90 nurses in 90 years by theYale School of Nursing Most importantly she officiated 7 weddings loves the great outdoorswith family and friends and enjoys dancing

What Were Reading

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

The latest in reproductive justice papers news and opinion pieces

First Do No Harm Why Philanthropy Needs to Re-Examine its Role in ReproductiveEquity and Racial JusticeAn Equal-Opportunity Virus in a Nation of InequityAbortion Pill Restrictions Wont Be Lifted During Pandemic FDA SaysPreterm Birth Initiative Research Continues During COVID-19

Follow us on Instagram Twitter amp Facebook

If you have questions or comments for ACTIONS or want to be added to the list for futurenewsletters please email Laura at laurasanchezucsfedu

Copyright copy 2020 The ACTIONS Program All rights reserved

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

Page 3: Black Maternal Health Week Postponed · ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on Nurse Engagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, Alicia Swartz PhD, PNP,

ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on NurseEngagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Monica R McLemore PhD MPH RN Alicia Swartz PhD PNP Helen Arega MPA and OlgaSmith BSN are leading a study that asks the research question how do nurses engage withpeople who visit crisis pregnancy centers This question will be answered if we achieve ourspecific aims which are to explore Registered Nurse (RN) experiences of working with peopleseeking care at CPCs to describe the role of nurses who volunteer or work for pay at CPCs andto examine how nurses engage with people seeking crisis pregnancy center services

The currently proposed study builds on prior work to more deeply understand the factors thatinfluence if when where and how nurses enable or restrict abortion care and how theycharacterize and conceptualize ethically challenging work

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

National Pregnancy COVID-19 Registrynow OPEN for enrollment

UCSF Researchers have opened PRIORITY (Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTRY) anationwide registry for pregnant and postpartum women with suspected COVID-19 orconfirmed diagnosis httpspriorityucsfedu The aim of PRIORITY is to collect high yield datato answer urgent questions that inform care and counseling of pregnant women and theirnewborns

They are enrolling patients from any hospital across the country Please consider referringpatients and passing this information along to your colleagues and networks

TO REFER A PATIENT (SuspectedUnder Investigation OR Confirmed Case any languagespoken) You do not need IRB or Research Ethics Board approval at your site because noresearch activities will occur there Please ask the patient if she is willing to have her contactinformation shared with us If yes you can click here to Refer a Patient or calltext 415-754-3729 or email at PRIORITYCOVID19ucsfedu The patient can also contact us herself ForPatients Enroll in PRIORITY We will then reach out directly to her to consent enroll and begindata collection Here are more details about the study procedures Information for Providers Ifyou are willing please circulate to your colleagues

Resources for Pregnant People and COVID-19

Voices for Birth Justice Working List of Resources for Pregnant People and Their FamiliesIncludes resources for birth workers doulas on housing food access racial equity and more

Pregnancy and COVID FAQs Answered by Medical Experts(reviewed by Society for Fetal Medicine 30 March 2020)

Webinar Black Maternal Health and the US COVID-19 ResponseApril 13th 330 ET Black Mammas Matter Alliance

Additional UpdatesUpdates by CDCUpdates by WHONational Perinatal Association ResourcesA Message for Patients from American College of OBGYNs

Introducing ACTIONrsquos New Pre-Docs

Brenda Lopez RN MS PNPBrenda Lopez (sheherhers) is native to the San Francisco Bay Area and is a proud andpassionate first generation Latinx woman Brenda is the first in her family to have the opportunityto pursue higher education graduating in 2018 from University of California San Francisco

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

School of Nursing Master of Science program with a focus inPediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care (PNP-PC) Whilepursuing her Masterrsquos at UCSF Brenda worked as a graduateresearch student on the Saving Our Ladies And ReducingStress (SOLARS) Oakland a UCSF study with the CaliforniaPreterm Birth Initiative This study ignited her passion forresearch and solidified her desire to return to UCSF as anursing scientist to design evidence-based solutionsAdvanced research skills will strengthen her commitment tocontinuously create access to care and advocate forreproductive health and justice for all With Brendarsquos clinicalbackground in pediatric primary care and adolescent school-based health she currently practices as a Pediatric NursePractitioner at a Federally Qualified Health Center in SanLeandro serving diverse and vulnerable communities in herhometown Brenda is thrilled to come back to UCSF in Fall

2020 for the SONrsquos PhD in Nursing program and ACTIONS fellowship With her studies Brendacontinues to advocate for patients by contributing to research that will help optimize policy andmaximize health outcomes in a way that enacts transformational change that encompasses andfocuses on reproductive justice During her free time Brenda loves playing with her energetic 6-year-old son spending time with family and friends enjoying a not-rushed cup of coffeetraveling and Orange Theory Fitness classes

Bethany Golden RN MS CNMBethany Golden is a Registered Nurse and a Certified NurseMidwife with deep clinical experience and knowledge ofcomprehensive reproductive and maternal health familyplanning and abortion As a clinician consultant lecturer andas part of research teams she has worked in clinics hospitalsuniversities and villages in New York City SF Bay AreaChicago Fiji and Nicaragua She consults in non-profitreproductive healthcare and tech companies aroundoperations strategy and partnership formation For the lastthree months on behalf ANSIRHBixby Center sheinterviewed front-line abortion providers about their capacityand readiness for clinical expansion in protected accessstates as neighboring states further restrict abortion servicesand in anticipation the protections under Roe v Wade may beweakened In 2002 she co-founded and continues to

operate ICASJuntos Adelante a not-for-profit that focuses on health and human rights inNicaragua She was awarded the Martin Luther King award and 90 nurses in 90 years by theYale School of Nursing Most importantly she officiated 7 weddings loves the great outdoorswith family and friends and enjoys dancing

What Were Reading

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

The latest in reproductive justice papers news and opinion pieces

First Do No Harm Why Philanthropy Needs to Re-Examine its Role in ReproductiveEquity and Racial JusticeAn Equal-Opportunity Virus in a Nation of InequityAbortion Pill Restrictions Wont Be Lifted During Pandemic FDA SaysPreterm Birth Initiative Research Continues During COVID-19

Follow us on Instagram Twitter amp Facebook

If you have questions or comments for ACTIONS or want to be added to the list for futurenewsletters please email Laura at laurasanchezucsfedu

Copyright copy 2020 The ACTIONS Program All rights reserved

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

Page 4: Black Maternal Health Week Postponed · ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on Nurse Engagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, Alicia Swartz PhD, PNP,

National Pregnancy COVID-19 Registrynow OPEN for enrollment

UCSF Researchers have opened PRIORITY (Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTRY) anationwide registry for pregnant and postpartum women with suspected COVID-19 orconfirmed diagnosis httpspriorityucsfedu The aim of PRIORITY is to collect high yield datato answer urgent questions that inform care and counseling of pregnant women and theirnewborns

They are enrolling patients from any hospital across the country Please consider referringpatients and passing this information along to your colleagues and networks

TO REFER A PATIENT (SuspectedUnder Investigation OR Confirmed Case any languagespoken) You do not need IRB or Research Ethics Board approval at your site because noresearch activities will occur there Please ask the patient if she is willing to have her contactinformation shared with us If yes you can click here to Refer a Patient or calltext 415-754-3729 or email at PRIORITYCOVID19ucsfedu The patient can also contact us herself ForPatients Enroll in PRIORITY We will then reach out directly to her to consent enroll and begindata collection Here are more details about the study procedures Information for Providers Ifyou are willing please circulate to your colleagues

Resources for Pregnant People and COVID-19

Voices for Birth Justice Working List of Resources for Pregnant People and Their FamiliesIncludes resources for birth workers doulas on housing food access racial equity and more

Pregnancy and COVID FAQs Answered by Medical Experts(reviewed by Society for Fetal Medicine 30 March 2020)

Webinar Black Maternal Health and the US COVID-19 ResponseApril 13th 330 ET Black Mammas Matter Alliance

Additional UpdatesUpdates by CDCUpdates by WHONational Perinatal Association ResourcesA Message for Patients from American College of OBGYNs

Introducing ACTIONrsquos New Pre-Docs

Brenda Lopez RN MS PNPBrenda Lopez (sheherhers) is native to the San Francisco Bay Area and is a proud andpassionate first generation Latinx woman Brenda is the first in her family to have the opportunityto pursue higher education graduating in 2018 from University of California San Francisco

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

School of Nursing Master of Science program with a focus inPediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care (PNP-PC) Whilepursuing her Masterrsquos at UCSF Brenda worked as a graduateresearch student on the Saving Our Ladies And ReducingStress (SOLARS) Oakland a UCSF study with the CaliforniaPreterm Birth Initiative This study ignited her passion forresearch and solidified her desire to return to UCSF as anursing scientist to design evidence-based solutionsAdvanced research skills will strengthen her commitment tocontinuously create access to care and advocate forreproductive health and justice for all With Brendarsquos clinicalbackground in pediatric primary care and adolescent school-based health she currently practices as a Pediatric NursePractitioner at a Federally Qualified Health Center in SanLeandro serving diverse and vulnerable communities in herhometown Brenda is thrilled to come back to UCSF in Fall

2020 for the SONrsquos PhD in Nursing program and ACTIONS fellowship With her studies Brendacontinues to advocate for patients by contributing to research that will help optimize policy andmaximize health outcomes in a way that enacts transformational change that encompasses andfocuses on reproductive justice During her free time Brenda loves playing with her energetic 6-year-old son spending time with family and friends enjoying a not-rushed cup of coffeetraveling and Orange Theory Fitness classes

Bethany Golden RN MS CNMBethany Golden is a Registered Nurse and a Certified NurseMidwife with deep clinical experience and knowledge ofcomprehensive reproductive and maternal health familyplanning and abortion As a clinician consultant lecturer andas part of research teams she has worked in clinics hospitalsuniversities and villages in New York City SF Bay AreaChicago Fiji and Nicaragua She consults in non-profitreproductive healthcare and tech companies aroundoperations strategy and partnership formation For the lastthree months on behalf ANSIRHBixby Center sheinterviewed front-line abortion providers about their capacityand readiness for clinical expansion in protected accessstates as neighboring states further restrict abortion servicesand in anticipation the protections under Roe v Wade may beweakened In 2002 she co-founded and continues to

operate ICASJuntos Adelante a not-for-profit that focuses on health and human rights inNicaragua She was awarded the Martin Luther King award and 90 nurses in 90 years by theYale School of Nursing Most importantly she officiated 7 weddings loves the great outdoorswith family and friends and enjoys dancing

What Were Reading

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

The latest in reproductive justice papers news and opinion pieces

First Do No Harm Why Philanthropy Needs to Re-Examine its Role in ReproductiveEquity and Racial JusticeAn Equal-Opportunity Virus in a Nation of InequityAbortion Pill Restrictions Wont Be Lifted During Pandemic FDA SaysPreterm Birth Initiative Research Continues During COVID-19

Follow us on Instagram Twitter amp Facebook

If you have questions or comments for ACTIONS or want to be added to the list for futurenewsletters please email Laura at laurasanchezucsfedu

Copyright copy 2020 The ACTIONS Program All rights reserved

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

Page 5: Black Maternal Health Week Postponed · ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on Nurse Engagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, Alicia Swartz PhD, PNP,

School of Nursing Master of Science program with a focus inPediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care (PNP-PC) Whilepursuing her Masterrsquos at UCSF Brenda worked as a graduateresearch student on the Saving Our Ladies And ReducingStress (SOLARS) Oakland a UCSF study with the CaliforniaPreterm Birth Initiative This study ignited her passion forresearch and solidified her desire to return to UCSF as anursing scientist to design evidence-based solutionsAdvanced research skills will strengthen her commitment tocontinuously create access to care and advocate forreproductive health and justice for all With Brendarsquos clinicalbackground in pediatric primary care and adolescent school-based health she currently practices as a Pediatric NursePractitioner at a Federally Qualified Health Center in SanLeandro serving diverse and vulnerable communities in herhometown Brenda is thrilled to come back to UCSF in Fall

2020 for the SONrsquos PhD in Nursing program and ACTIONS fellowship With her studies Brendacontinues to advocate for patients by contributing to research that will help optimize policy andmaximize health outcomes in a way that enacts transformational change that encompasses andfocuses on reproductive justice During her free time Brenda loves playing with her energetic 6-year-old son spending time with family and friends enjoying a not-rushed cup of coffeetraveling and Orange Theory Fitness classes

Bethany Golden RN MS CNMBethany Golden is a Registered Nurse and a Certified NurseMidwife with deep clinical experience and knowledge ofcomprehensive reproductive and maternal health familyplanning and abortion As a clinician consultant lecturer andas part of research teams she has worked in clinics hospitalsuniversities and villages in New York City SF Bay AreaChicago Fiji and Nicaragua She consults in non-profitreproductive healthcare and tech companies aroundoperations strategy and partnership formation For the lastthree months on behalf ANSIRHBixby Center sheinterviewed front-line abortion providers about their capacityand readiness for clinical expansion in protected accessstates as neighboring states further restrict abortion servicesand in anticipation the protections under Roe v Wade may beweakened In 2002 she co-founded and continues to

operate ICASJuntos Adelante a not-for-profit that focuses on health and human rights inNicaragua She was awarded the Martin Luther King award and 90 nurses in 90 years by theYale School of Nursing Most importantly she officiated 7 weddings loves the great outdoorswith family and friends and enjoys dancing

What Were Reading

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

The latest in reproductive justice papers news and opinion pieces

First Do No Harm Why Philanthropy Needs to Re-Examine its Role in ReproductiveEquity and Racial JusticeAn Equal-Opportunity Virus in a Nation of InequityAbortion Pill Restrictions Wont Be Lifted During Pandemic FDA SaysPreterm Birth Initiative Research Continues During COVID-19

Follow us on Instagram Twitter amp Facebook

If you have questions or comments for ACTIONS or want to be added to the list for futurenewsletters please email Laura at laurasanchezucsfedu

Copyright copy 2020 The ACTIONS Program All rights reserved

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

Page 6: Black Maternal Health Week Postponed · ACTIONS Team Launches New Study on Nurse Engagement with Crisis Pregnancy Centers Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, Alicia Swartz PhD, PNP,

The latest in reproductive justice papers news and opinion pieces

First Do No Harm Why Philanthropy Needs to Re-Examine its Role in ReproductiveEquity and Racial JusticeAn Equal-Opportunity Virus in a Nation of InequityAbortion Pill Restrictions Wont Be Lifted During Pandemic FDA SaysPreterm Birth Initiative Research Continues During COVID-19

Follow us on Instagram Twitter amp Facebook

If you have questions or comments for ACTIONS or want to be added to the list for futurenewsletters please email Laura at laurasanchezucsfedu

Copyright copy 2020 The ACTIONS Program All rights reserved

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Subscribe Past Issues Translate